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| 2 Bad Guys, 1 Bystander Die in Ambush of Top Cop |
| 2011-07-26 |
| For a map, click here. For a map of Nuevo Leon, click here. I do so love a happy ending. Five elements of a police chief's security detail were wounded and two armed suspects were killed in an ambush of a police chief Sunday, according to Mexican news reports. Teniente Adelaido Flores, chief of police of Torreon, Coahuila, and five of his security team were travelling down the Torreon-San Pedro road to attend a soccer game when they were attacked at around 1610 hrs by armed suspects who were aboard an SUV, an Ecosport and a Chevrolet pickup truck. Following the encounter, all three vehicles fled the scene, but the SUV was later found near ejido La Concha with two apparent shooters shot dead. A bystander was hit by stray gunfire near the ambush site. He was identified as Miguel Ãngel Alvarado Saenz. Alvarado Saenz was struck twice by gunfire. He died hours after receiving medical attention. Teniente Adelaido Flores was named to replace former police chief General Carlos Bibiano Villa Castillo after a putative replacement, Victor Flores Gallardo, 50, and his girlfriend, Patricia Gonzalez Sifuentes, 26, were ambushed and killed by armed suspects at Gonzalez Sifuentes'residence in Villas San Agustin colony in Torreon last March. To read the Rantburg report on the murder of Victor Flores Gallardo Patricia Gonzalez Sifuentes click here |
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